Common Grasslands in Asia

Edited by Colin G. Brown, The University of Queensland, Australia

• Contents:Foreword by Andrew Campbell xv1 Introduction 1Colin G. Brown, Qiao Guanghua, Lkhagvadorj Dorjburegdaa,Jane Addison, David Kemp, Han Guodong, Udval Gombosuren,Karl Behrendt, Jeff Bennett and Li Ping2 Institutions and macrodevelopments 12Jane Addison, Colin G. Brown, Enkh-Orchlon Lkhagvadorj,Zhang Jing, Scott Waldron, Zhang Bao and DuinkherjavBukhbat3 Grassland livestock systems 48David Kemp, Han Guodong, Li Ping, Wang Zhongwu, ZhaoMengli, Udval Gombosuren, Gantuya Jargalsaihan, ZhangYingjun, Hou Xiangyang and Jane Addison4 Grassland environmental services 78David Kemp, Li Ping, Jane Addison, Karl Behrendt, WangZhongwu, Han Guodong, Zhao Mengli, Udval Gombosurenand Hou Xiangyang5 Efficiency of marketing systems 96Colin G. Brown, Enkh-Orchlon Lkhagvadorj, Zhang Jing,Lkhagvadorj Dorjburegdaa, Qiao Guanghua and Zhang Bao6 Herders as agents of change 120Jane Addison, Enkh-Orchlon Lkhagvadorj, LkhagvadorjDorjburegdaa, Zhang Bao and Li Ping7 Understanding policies and preferences 146Jeff Bennett, Li Ping, Zhang Bao, Enkh-Orchlon Lkhagvadorjand Duinkherjav Bukhbat8 Strengthening policy incentives 165Colin G. Brown, Jeff Bennett, Qiao Guanghua, LkhagvadorjDorjburegdaa, Jane Addison, Udval Gombosuren, David Kemp,Han Guodong, Karl Behrendt and Li PingIndex 177

'This well-organized and clearly written edited volume is a pleasure to read. If you could have but one book on your shelf regarding steppe grassland environments and use, this should be it. The comparative approach is most effective, offering excellent detail and comprehensive information throughout. Contributors address seminal issues from a wealth of perspectives and continuously challenge readers at all levels of familiarity to consider the interplay between environments, economics, and policy implementation.'--Gregory Veeck, Western Michigan University, US'This book reports a multi-disciplinary examination of the fundamental dilemma of reconciling the long-term improvement of herder livelihoods with ensuring the future sustainability of the national environmental resource that grasslands represent. Building on more than three decades of research on the grasslands of China, the authors address the complex issues currently involved from many perspectives including both a sophisticated questioning of herders and a detailed modelling of their present situation. Realistic possible solutions to the dilemma are put forward and evaluated.'--John W. Longworth, President, International Association of Agricultural Economists (1989-1991)